Biometric

3D Face Liveness Detection

Trusted by UK fintechs, banks and regulated firms, 3D Face Liveness Detection is engineered for accuracy, speed and audit-readiness.

Overview

3D Face Liveness Detection is part of our UK KYC Verifier suite, engineered for businesses that need to onboard, screen and monitor customers without compromising on speed or compliance. The service is delivered through an API-first platform with hosted pages, mobile SDKs and webhooks, so it slots into any UK onboarding journey.

Depth-based 3D liveness to defeat printed photos, screens and deepfakes. The check is benchmarked against authoritative UK reference data and validated against a 2.4 million-record uk truth set with 99.6% accuracy. Every result is returned with a confidence score, the underlying evidence, and a signed audit log that satisfies FCA, HMRC and UKGC reviews.

What makes 3D Face Liveness Detection different from a generic vendor check is its UK focus. We are not a US tool with a UK plug-in — our document templates, address sources, sanctions feeds and human reviewers are all UK-native. That focus produces materially higher accept rates for legitimate UK applicants while still rejecting the synthetic, tampered and stolen identities that drive fraud losses in the UK market.

How 3D Face Liveness Detection Works

  1. 1

    Capture

    Your customer uploads or chips-in the required evidence through our hosted page, native SDK, or your own UI via our REST API.

  2. 2

    AI Analysis

    Our models extract, parse and forensically inspect every artefact — checking holograms, MRZ, NFC chip data, document templates and font kerning against a 240-country reference set.

  3. 3

    Cross-Reference

    We cross-reference the result against authoritative UK sources, sanctions lists and our internal fraud graph, raising flags on any inconsistency.

  4. 4

    UK Human Review

    Edge cases route to a UK-based analyst who applies your risk policy. Most reviews close in under 30 minutes during UK business hours.

  5. 5

    Decision & Audit Pack

    You receive a clear pass/refer/fail decision plus a signed, time-stamped audit pack ready for FCA, HMRC or UKGC inspection.

UK Documents Required

  • Front-facing camera at 720p or above
  • A neutral, well-lit environment
  • Consent for biometric processing under UK GDPR
  • Optional NFC-capable device for chip biometrics

Turnaround & Accuracy

Real-time API response in under 30 seconds; manual review SLA of 4 working hours.

Achieves a false-acceptance rate of under 0.05% across UK demographics.

UK Compliance Standards

UK Digital Identity & Attributes Trust Framework (DIATF)
Money Laundering Regulations 2017 (MLR 2017)
ISO/IEC 27001 information security
JMLSG Guidance for the UK Financial Sector
ICO biometric data guidance
ISO/IEC 19794 biometric data interchange

How This Verification Helps You

  • Avoid the reputational damage of high-profile onboarding failures featured in the UK financial press.
  • Lower fraud losses by surfacing tampered documents and synthetic identities before they ever reach your portfolio.
  • Replace brittle in-house checks with an SLA-backed, FCA-aligned UK service.
  • Generate a defensible, regulator-ready audit trail for every UK customer you onboard.

UK Industries That Use 3D Face Liveness Detection

UK Challenger Banks

Mobile-first banks rely on biometrics to reduce account-opening fraud while keeping CSAT high.

UK Public Sector

Government services use biometric checks for GPG 45 high-assurance identity proofing.

UK Telecoms

Operators use biometrics to defend against SIM-swap and account takeover.

UK Gaming

UKGC-licensed operators use biometrics for age verification and self-exclusion enforcement.

Frequently Asked Questions

Yes. 3D Face Liveness Detection is designed around the FCA Handbook, JMLSG guidance and the Money Laundering Regulations 2017. Every decision ships with the evidence and audit trail your MLRO needs.

Real-time API response in under 30 seconds; manual review SLA of 4 working hours. You can wire the decision to your back-office via webhook so there is no manual polling.

The check uses front-facing camera at 720p or above and a neutral, well-lit environment, plus authoritative UK reference sources. We never rely on a single signal — every decision is the product of multiple independent checks.

All data is encrypted in transit and at rest with AES-256, processed inside ISO/IEC 27001-certified UK and EU regions, and retained only for as long as your legal obligations require. Customers can exercise UK GDPR subject-access rights through our self-serve portal.

Yes. We provide a REST API, mobile SDKs for iOS and Android, a no-code hosted page, and pre-built connectors for the most common UK CRM and onboarding platforms.

Request 3D Face Liveness Detection

A specialist will scope the work and send you a tailored UK quote within 24 hours.